Tawana - Press Release

Tawana - Press Release
Tawana Resources NL
(Incorporated in Australia)
(Registration number ACN 085 166 721)
Share code on the JSE Limited: TAW & ISIN: AU000000TAW7
Share code on the Australian Stock Exchange Limited: TAW & ISIN: AU000000TAW7
("Tawana" or "the Company")
Blacktop Kimberlite
Pilbara Region - Western Australia
Diamonds recovered
Highlights
- Bulk sampling program commenced
- Diamonds recovered from Blacktop Kimberlite
- 263 diamonds weighing 20.89 carats from 215 tonnes of minus 6mm fraction of
Blacktop 01
The Company is pleased to advise that the bulk sampling program has commenced
and that 263 diamonds weighing 20.89 carats have been recovered from the first
215 tonnes of the plus 1mm minus 6mm material examined. The largest diamond
weighed 1.0249 carats.
The material processed was excavated from the Blacktop 1 kimberlite fissure and
was screened to minus 19mm plus 1mm. The plus 6mm fraction of this batch will be
crushed to minus 6mm and processed. Additional diamonds are expected to be
recovered from this fraction. The result reported here is only for the plus 1mm
minus 6mm fraction processed to completion to date. No grade calculations for
the kimberlite can be inferred from this preliminary result until the plus 6mm
material has also been processed.
This result is an encouraging preliminary result of an ongoing bulk sampling of
the kimberlite during which several thousand tonnes of material will be
processed.
The aim of the bulk sampling program is to determine the grade and diamond
quality of the kimberlite fissure located some 40km east of Pannawonica in the
Pilbara Region of Western Australia.
The Blacktop Project is a Tawana/De Beers Australia Exploration Limited 50/50
joint venture.
Contact:
Wolf Marx Basil Tambanis
Tel: +61 3 98635222 Tel: +61 3 98635222
Mob: 0428 398446 Mob: 0414 434339
wolf.marx@tawana.com.au basil.tambanis@tawana.com.au
This report is based on information compiled by Wolf Marx BSc, BA, FAusIMM,
CPGeo, Managing Director of Tawana Resources NL. He has sufficient experience
relevant to the style of mineralisation and types of deposits under
consideration, and to the activities undertaken, to qualify as a competent
person as defined in the 2004 edition of the "Australasian Code for the
Reporting of Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves"
All press releases and announcements may be inspected on the Company"s web site,
namely: www.tawana.com.au
2 October 2006
Sponsor
PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance (Pty) Ltd
Date: 02/10/2006 11:32:02 AM Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za
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